Even on a tight schedule, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden earns the hours.
Allow 2–3 hours.
A serene, beautiful escape — sweeping lawns, lakes, rare palms and cycads, a butterfly house, and rotating outdoor art installations. The catch: it's a botanical garden, so plant-lovers will linger while others may find it a pleasant-but-quiet 90 minutes; it's far south and very hot in summer.